BCCI to announce WI tour itinerary on July 26

The Board of Control Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to announce the full itinerary of a scheduled tour by West Indies on July 26. The Caribbean side are scheduled to play three Tests and five ODIs between October 4 and November 18, 2014 after the completion of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament."The Board's Tour Programme and Fixture Committee is to meet in Mumbai on Saturday to finalise the West Indies tour programme," a BCCI source told PTI.

The Committee is headed by Rajeev Shukla with GS Walia (North Zone), P Yadagiri (South), Sathya Mohanty (East), Nitin Dalal (West) and Mahendra Sharma (Central) as its other members and BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel as its convenor.

West Indies visited India last year too in a hastily arranged two-Test series as a farewell to Sachin Tendulkar, who retired after playing his 200th Test against the Caribbean team at his home ground, Wankhede Stadium, in November.

The upcoming Windies visit is as per the previous Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Next year the new FTP, agreed upon by all full members of ICC at Melbourne last month, will kick in.

In 2015-16, it would be the turn of South Africa to visit India to play three Tests and ODIs. Following this, England will tour the country and the series will be split into two halves - five Tests before the Christmas break and then the ODIs on their return in the early part of 2016.

Meanwhile, the BCCI's Technical Committee, headed by Anil Kumble, is also set to meet in Mumbai on Saturday, the source added.